Pakistan Security Brief – March 22, 2010

Five militants killed in North Waziristan drone strike; Taliban kills four ‘US spies’; key Taliban commander arrested in Peshawar; foil bomb plot in Islamabad; three militants arrested, bomb-factory seized in Karachi; military strikes militant hideouts in Orakzai and Kurram; anti-Taliban lashkars clash with Mullah Toofan’s group, announce ceasefire; Chief of Staff Gen. Kayani visits CENTCOM ahead of strategic dialogue; tribal meeting in Peshawar calls on army to crush Taliban in the frontier regions; two militants killed in Mohmand search operation; boys’ school blown up in Bajaur; Quetta violence continues.

 

North Waziristan

Taliban arrests

Islamabad bombing foiled

Orakzai/Kurram

Kayani visits CENTCOM

Tribal meeting

Mohmand/Bajaur

Balochistan



[1] “US drone strike kills five in North Waziristan,” Dawn, March 22, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/14-us-drone-strike-kills-four-in-nw-pakistan-05. “Pakistan drone raid ‘kills five’,” BBC, March 22, 2010. Available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8579350.stm. “Two drone attacks, four people dead  [translation],” BBC Urdu, March 22, 2010. Available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/2010/03/100321_drone_attack.shtml.
[2] “Taliban kill four ‘US spies’ in Waziristan,” Dawn, March 22, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-nwaziristan-us-spies-taliban-qs-07. “Taliban Kill Four Alleged U.S. Spies in Pakistan,” Wall Street Journal, March 21, 2010. Available at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703775504575135073804649864.html?mod=googlenews_wsj.
[4] “Three militants arrested in Karachi,” Dawn, March 20, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/03-three-militants-arrested-in-karachi-ss-09. “Pakistan police arrest three Taliban militants,” AFP, March 20, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100320/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestarrests.
[5] “Pakistan foils plot to bomb Western targets,” Reuters, March 22, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100322/wl_nm/us_pakistan_militants.
[6] Hussain Khan and Hassan Mahmood, “Twenty-eight militants killed in Kurram, Orakzai,” Dawn, March 22, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/28-militants-killed-in-kurram%2C-orakzai-230.
[7] “23 militants killed in Kurram, Orakzai,” The News, March 21, 2010. Available at http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27894. “Seventeen killed in clashes in Kurram agency,” Dawn, March 20, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/22-seventeen-killed-in-clashes-in-kurram-agency-aj-03. “Taliban hand over 22 hostages to Lashkar in Kurram,” Geo, March 21, 2010. Available at http://www.geo.tv/3-21-2010/61511.htm.
[8] Jane Perlez, “Army Chief Driving Pakistan’s Agenda for Talks,” New York Times, March 21, 2010. Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/world/asia/22kayani.html.
[9] Asif Shahzad, “Pakistan tribal council: Army must destroy Taliban,” AP, March 20, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100320/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan. Rehmat Mehsud, “Pakistani Tribes Press Army to Step Up Against Taliban,” Wall Street Journal, March 20, 2010. Available at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703865704575133494027015922.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines.
[11] “Terrorists blow up school in Bajaur Agency,” Daily Times, March 22, 2010. Available at http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\22\story_22-3-2010_pg7_6.
[12] “One killed, three injured in Quetta bomb blast,” Dawn, March 22, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/03-one-killed-three-injured-in-quetta-grenade-attack-ss-05. “Gunmen kill college principal in Quetta,” Dawn, March 22, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/03-gunmen-kill-college-principal-in-quetta-ss-03. Saleem Shahid, “Two police killed in Quetta blast,” Dawn, March 22, 2010. Available at http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/2-policemen-killed-in-quetta-blast-230. “Gunemn kill seven in SW Pakistan,” AFP, March 20, 2010. Available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100320/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestsouthwest.
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